You’re charged up and ready for the storm, but how do you make your cell battery last if the power goes out?

Here are a few tips that can help extend your battery life if the power goes out:

1. Dim the screen brightness or use auto brightness – That bright display is your battery’s biggest enemy. Lower your screen brightness to the lowest setting you can tolerate. It will extend the life of your battery dramatically.
2. Adjust the screen timeout – Adjust your ‘Screen Timeout,’ ‘Sleep,’ or ‘Auto-Lock’ setting to be 30 seconds or less. This adjusts how long your screen stays lit after you use it, get a notification, etc. The less the screen is on, the more battery life you’ll get.
3. Turn off Bluetooth – Turning off Bluetooth can add an hour or more to your phone’s battery life
4. Turn off Wi-Fi – Wi-Fi is a battery drainer when you are out of range of a Wi-Fi network. If your Wi-Fi is down, or you are out of range, turn off this setting to increase the battery life
5. Turn off location services  – Location services, GPS and background refresh can all drain your battery. Head to the settings to turn these off on an app by app basis, or as a whole.